Embedding user-defined indexes in Apache Parquet(datafusion.apache.org)

131 points by jasim 1 year ago | 20 comments

Working with Git Worktrees in Magit(emacsredux.com)

104 points by srijan4 1 month ago | 42 comments

Bypass PostgreSQL catalog overhead with direct partition hash calculations(shayon.dev)

28 points by shayonj 1 year ago | 8 comments

Grouping digits in SQL(peter.eisentraut.org)

85 points by ingve 3 years ago | 12 comments

DuckDB V2 PEG-based SQL parser(duckdb.org)

50 points by karma_daemon 2 months ago | 5 comments

Welcome to Datasette Cloud(datasette.cloud)

278 points by swyx 3 years ago | 63 comments

My first contribution to Linux(vkoskiv.com)

633 points by vkoskiv 1 year ago | 76 comments

A blog post recounting the author's experience upstreaming their first Linux kernel patch, fixing a hardware issue on a 2005 Fujitsu Lifebook S2110.

It's hard to write code for computers, but it's harder to write code for humans(erikbern.com)

429 points by imartin2k 2 years ago | 131 comments

Erik Bernhardsson's blog post arguing that writing code for humans, such as libraries, APIs and tools other developers use, is harder than writing code for computers.

The Art of Finishing(bytedrum.com)

609 points by emmorts 2 years ago | 147 comments

A personal blog essay on the ByteDrum blog about a developer's pile of unfinished side projects and the challenge of actually finishing them.

AI Made Writing Code Easier. It Made Being an Engineer Harder(ivanturkovic.com)

343 points by saikatsg 7 months ago | 242 comments

Blog post by Ivan Turkovic arguing that AI tools make producing code easier while making the broader job of being a software engineer harder.

The GitHub wiki is an anti-pattern (2022)(michaelheap.com)

151 points by ibobev 1 month ago | 88 comments

A 2022 blog post by Michael Heap arguing that using the GitHub wiki for project documentation is an anti-pattern compared to a docs folder in the repo.

Writing a basic Linux device driver when you know nothing about Linux drivers(crescentro.se)

457 points by sbt567 1 year ago | 63 comments

Blog post recounting how the author wrote a basic Linux USB driver for the Nanoleaf Pegboard Desk Dock using protocol docs from Nanoleaf support.